Philo Hawkins

Philo Hawkins (20 May 1755-12 June 1779) was a member of the Queen's Rangers during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Philo Hawkins was born on 20 May 1755 in Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, New York to a frontier family. Hawkins was trained as a ranger and joined Robert Rogers' Queen's Rangers during the American Revolutionary War, fighting against the Patriots and Continental Army. In 1776, he was one of the few survivors of his 60-man regiment of the Queen's Rangers, and he managed to flee back to New York City. Hawkins would be rewarded with command of his own band of loyalists in the Mohawk Valley, and on 12 June 1779 he was killed in a raid against the patriots in upstate New York.